Gantz calls for early elections in September, and Netanyahu responds. Gantz: "We are working day and night until the kidnapped people (Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip) sit with us, perhaps on the night of the upcoming Passover (April 24)." Netanyahu: "The elections now will inevitably lead to paralysis and division, harming the fighting in Rafah, and fatally harming the chances of reaching a deal for the prisoners" Opposition leader Yair Lapid and head of the "New Hope" party Gideon Sa'ar criticized the statements of Minister Benny Gantz.